44 years ago, what happened to Morocco's Mehdi Ben Barka?

Tonight, as twilight descended on Boulevard Saint-Germain, a group of people gathered to pay their respects to a man who went missing 44 years ago.

Holding placards bearing the words "truth and justice" they stood in silence outside the Brasserie Lipp, where at about 6.30pm on 29 October 1965, Morocco's leading revolutionary was bundled off the pavement and into a nearby Peugeot.

Then aged 45, and at the peak of his campaign of against King Hassan II, Mehdi Ben Barka was never seen again. What happened to him is a mystery that has outlived three French presidents, one Moroccan king and several lawyers: a tale of abduction, presumed murder and alleged government connivance described as the murkiest affair of the Fifth Republic. More...

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